69 caliber musket ball. Manufactured primarily at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, the Springfield U.S. Model 1795 musket was the first official musket of the U.S. military. Initially ...

"One of the new items we put in the display is a model 1795 musket, the very first U.S. Army production musket," said Zane Mohler, museum exhibits specialists. "It was an exact copy of the French ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Before Wednesday, Gwynnie Powers, Laurel Schwartz and Annia Rochester couldn’t tell a Harpers Ferry-made Model 1795 musket from a howitzer. By Saturday, the three summer ...